The countries that produce the most gold are (with gold production in brackets) are South Africa (272 128 kg), China (247 200 kg), Australia (247 000 kg), the United States (2…42 000 kg) and Peru (203 268 kg). In the world, there is 2 310 000 kg of gold produced. That means that the top 5 countries alone produce over one half of all of the world's gold.

India USA UK France Paris * * * * * That is simply not true - apart from the fact that Paris is not even a country! There are several different mea…sures of per capita consumption: one of these is Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per head. There are also different ways of making international comparisons and purchasing power parities are considered by many to be better in this context than exchange rates. Finally, there are different sources for the data. According to estimates from the International Monetary Fund, the top 5 countries, in 2013 were: Qatar, Luxembourg, Singapore, Brunei, Kuwait. The next few are Norway, United Arab Emirates, San Marino, Switzerland and the US at number 10. However, oil revenues play a disproportionate part in several of these, and Luxembourg is a special case because of its role in business finances.